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7/ Y. "’LY 17, 1919.
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Ihe Atlanta Georgian of Tues
day carried- highly complim e ntary
references to Souther Field, near
Americus, together with a full
page of photographs made under
difficult conditions during the
circus” on Saturday. The pho
tographs include a fine birds-eye
'iew which The Georgian refers to
as a remarkable air picture made
• y Brown, showing the splendid
equ.pment of Souther Field, which
"as purchased by the government
a wee ago and is a permanent in
stitution.”
the Georgian sent three of its
best men to Americus, O. B.
w 3f W 's h L,eutenan ‘« Mcßae and
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The full page of photographs
was excellent publicity for Ameri
cus and Souther Field and was an
exclusive feature in The Georgian.
The Times-Recorder, however, wir
ed a special request to The Geor
gian to remake the cut the size of
The Ti mes-Recorder page, and got
the following reply: “Sure. Any
thing to help boost Americus, even
to do it.”
though we are working overtime
So through the friendly spirit of
The Atlanta Georgian, The Times-
Recorder is able to print today the
most remarkable lot of pictures
ever made at Souther Field, if not
at any other field.
Under the cut The Georgian
nrints the following:
“These pictures are among the
photographs made at the gr e at
aerial circus at Souther ielFd last
Saturday by Edward Brown, bet
ter known as “Livk-Em-Up”
Brown, of The Georgian’s photo
graphic staff, and O. B. Keeler,
who, with M. R. Magruder, cover
ed the event for The Georgian.
Colonel Rader, of Souther Field,
sent two ships to Atlanta the day
before the circus, piloted by Lieut.
John K. Macßae and Lieut. K. B.
Wolfe, in which Keeler and Ma
gruder flew to the field in two
hours and eight minutes. At the
top in the center is Lieut. A. W.
Vance, flight commander. He is
holding the order for the first for
mation of the circus—the “Grand
Entry in which Keeler rode with
him in a DeHaviland plane with a ,
450 horsepower Liberty motor. At
tb e upper left is the Clown’s plane,
consisting of well camouflaged
wings, fus e lage, rudder and pro
peller mounted on a small tractor
which developed a speed of three
miles an hour—not quite enough to
rise, but fine for making bugs’-eye
view of the proceedings. Upper
right Lieutenant Vance seated
carelessly on the lower wing of a
flying plane, piloted by Lieutenant
McMullen. Lieutenant Vance
climbed all over both wings and
finally took McMullen’s seat while
Mac crawled down on the landing
gear and sat there while the plane
came to earth. The photograph
was made by Keeler in a misting
rain from another plane racing
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alongside, piloted by Lieutenant
Wolfe. Under th e “trick” picture
is shown Keeler in a flightn ear !
Americus. He is aiming his cam
era at Brown and Lieut e nant Mc-
Mullen in another plane. A few
minutes later Lieutenant Wolfe
turned the Curtiss ship over to
“Old Bill”, and he tried his hand
with fair success at running the
plane, finally achi e ving a couple of
"tight spirals,” coached by Lieu
tenant Wolfe. The . hangars and
barracks and officers’ quarters ap
pear in the center—a remarkable
air picture made by Brown, show- I
ing the splendid equipment of Sou
ther Field, which was purchased by
the government a week ago and is
to be a permanent institution. In
the great warehouses toward the
top 1,600 planes are stored in
cases. The plane in flight at the
j right, just above the group sf offi- 1
| cers, is a Curtiss “jinny,” flying in
the formation, made by Browu.
The corresponding picture on the
left is of Lieutenant Wolfe and
“Roodles” Magruder, made by
Keeler on the way to Americus.
Lieutenant Wolfe is driving from
the rear seat. The pictures in the
lower lefthand corner shows part
of the big crowd in motor cars and
a grandstand on Hangar 7, watch
ing a steeply banking plane just
overhead, while much farther away
is silhouetted the formation, ex
ecuting a perfectly timed turn at
something more than 1,000 feet in
the air. In the lower lefthand nic-
PAGE THREE
ture may be seen Lieutenant
Vance and his staff of liers, just
after getting their orders for the
first formation. In the group are
•everal visiting airmen who came
over from Montgomery and CarL
sfrom Field, Arcadia, Fla., to
take part in the show. From left
to right they are A. W. Vance,
flight commander; R. T. Croneau,
of Carlstrom Field; M. F. Braun,
A. T. Steele, of Montgomery, John
W. Powell, of Montgomery, W. B.
Warde, J. H. Gardner, J. A.
Wyatt, D. M. Suttle, B. B. Wolfe,
H. S. Greenawalt, of Carlstrom
Field, F. W. Trevithick, W. F. Sut
ter—perched on the plane—A. C.
Mann, J. K. Mcßae, A. M. McMul
len, P. W. Blackler and E. A.
-urgtorf.”